Re^3: if (UNIVERSAL::isa($r, ref $l))

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I really don't see what advantage __PACKAGE__ has over a hardcoded class name except that it's Pythonesquely uglier.

I prefer __PACKAGE__ (or CLASS) because I like to say the class name once and only once in the module source (you should know why that's a good motto to live by :-).

That way I don't have to worry about grepping the module source if I change the name of the module.

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Re: Re^3: if (UNIVERSAL::isa($r, ref $l)) by demerphq (Chancellor) on Jul 25, 2003 at 00:06 UTC
That way I don't have to worry about grepping the module source if I change the name of the module. You don't put the name of the module in the Pod? ;-) --- demerphq _{<Elian> And I do take a kind of perverse pleasure in having an OO assembly language...}	[reply] [d/l]

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